http://thebikeshow.net Podcast and blog of the world's most popular bicycling radio show, rolling since 2004 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:22:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2012 bikeshow@resonancefm.com (Resonance FM) bikeshow@resonancefm.com (Resonance FM) bicycle, podcast, resonance, london, bike 1440 http://thebikeshow.net/images/logo144.png http://thebikeshow.net 144 144 Podcast of the bicycling radio show from Resonance FM in London, UK. Since 2004, The Bike Show has covered cycling, creativity and society from Kraftwerk to Critical Mass, from Le Tour de France to cycle touring in France, from bicycle poetry to bic[...] Resonance FM's bicycle radio show, in a podcast format. Since 2004, The Bike Show has covered cycling, creativity and society from Kraftwerk to Critical Mass, from Le Tour de France to cycle touring in France, from bicycle poetry to bicycle maintenance. bicycle, cycling, bike, london, resonance, cycle, touring, tour, de, france, cycle, sport Resonance FM Resonance FM bikeshow@resonancefm.com no no http://thebikeshow.net/merckx-merckx-merckx/ http://thebikeshow.net/merckx-merckx-merckx/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:39:14 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=2693 http://thebikeshow.net/merckx-merckx-merckx/feed/ 1 0:44:00 Cross Elvis Presley with Muhammad Ali, raise him in a grocery shop in post-war Belgium, put him on a bicycle and what do you get? The greatest cyclist of all time: Eddy Merckx. Cycling journalists Daniel Friebe and William Fotheringham have both tre[...] Cross Elvis Presley with Muhammad Ali, raise him in a grocery shop in post-war Belgium, put him on a bicycle and what do you get? The greatest cyclist of all time: Eddy Merckx. Cycling journalists Daniel Friebe and William Fotheringham have both treated us to new books about Eddy Merckx, the Cannibal, winner of 525 professional races, five Tours de France, five Giri d'Italia and countless Classics. He was world champion and broke the hour record. We talk about his career, his motivations and the challenges of telling the story of the greatest racing cyclist who ever lived. People, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/the-2011-tour-de-france-a-modern-classic/ http://thebikeshow.net/the-2011-tour-de-france-a-modern-classic/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:32:22 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1909 http://thebikeshow.net/the-2011-tour-de-france-a-modern-classic/feed/ 2 0:30:47 Looking back at the this year’s thrilling Tour de France are Lionel Birnie of Cycle Sport magazine and Alex Murray, London cyclist, amateur road racer and blogger at chasingwheels.com. Image by Neil Stevens, part of a series of illustrations [...] Looking back at the this year’s thrilling Tour de France are Lionel Birnie of Cycle Sport magazine and Alex Murray, London cyclist, amateur road racer and blogger at chasingwheels.com. Image by Neil Stevens, part of a series of illustrations for this year’s Tour, available to buy at Crayon Fire France, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/follow-the-tour/ http://thebikeshow.net/follow-the-tour/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:20:33 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1795 http://thebikeshow.net/follow-the-tour/feed/ 4 http://thebikeshow.net/the-millars-tale/ http://thebikeshow.net/the-millars-tale/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:09:44 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1724 http://thebikeshow.net/the-millars-tale/feed/ 5 0:35:04 David Millar, the British road racer, one of the best riders in his generation, had it all. His first day of racing in the Tour De France brought him an impressive stage victory over Lance Armstrong and he was instantly a celebrated figure in the p[...] David Millar, the British road racer, one of the best riders in his generation, had it all. His first day of racing in the Tour De France brought him an impressive stage victory over Lance Armstrong and he was instantly a celebrated figure in the professional peloton. But a few years later, it all fell apart as he was unmasked as having used banned performance enhancing drugs. He was disgraced and banned from competition for two years. Many thought it was game over. But David Millar has returned to professional racing as an anti doping crusader. His recent performances have shown it’s possible to win without doping. He has written a book about his life, his travels to the dark side and what he believes to be his redemption. In an extended interview with The Bike Show, Millar talks about the past, present and future of professional road racing. His book is out on 16 June, published by Orion Books. Buy on the link (right) and a few pennies will go to keep the Resonance FM on the air. Picture credit: Team Garmin-Cervelo People, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/the-life-and-times-of-the-cycling-jersey/ http://thebikeshow.net/the-life-and-times-of-the-cycling-jersey/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 10:25:51 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1664 http://thebikeshow.net/the-life-and-times-of-the-cycling-jersey/feed/ 8 0:29:10 The summer season kicks of with an entertaining and borderline nerdy discussion of the past, present and future of the cycling jersey. From Bianchi’s 1950s classic celeste blue to Mapei pushed the dye sublimation process to its limits and divi[...] The summer season kicks of with an entertaining and borderline nerdy discussion of the past, present and future of the cycling jersey. From Bianchi’s 1950s classic celeste blue to Mapei pushed the dye sublimation process to its limits and divided fans in equal measure. We take the story as far as today’s trend for any colour as long as its black, and look to the sci-fi future of interactive jersey materials.  Richard Mitchelson's homage to the Tour de France, by Milltag In the studio are three cyclists and jersey aficionados: Luke Scheybeler, designer and a founder of clothing company Rapha, Richard Mitchelson, illustrator, animator and Milltag designer (pictured above) and cycling photographer Camille McMillan, co-author of Le Métier.  Richard Mitchelson is also the designer of the excellent new Bike Show banner and iTunes logo. Hope you like it. We do! Sport, Style Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/shame-and-scandal-in-professional-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/shame-and-scandal-in-professional-cycling/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:53:42 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1471 http://thebikeshow.net/shame-and-scandal-in-professional-cycling/feed/ 1 0:30:41 Crusading, anti-doping sports journalist Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly gives his views on the latest revelations about professional cycling. You can read the 30,000-word transcript of Paul Kimmage’s interview with Floyd Landis at the NY Vel[...] Crusading, anti-doping sports journalist Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly gives his views on the latest revelations about professional cycling. You can read the 30,000-word transcript of Paul Kimmage’s interview with Floyd Landis at the NY Velocity blog. Mr NikBagTV presents the Lance Armstrong defence over on YouTube. Plus an appeal to listeners in the European Union to write to their elected representatives in the European Parliament urging new measures to protect cyclists from lorries and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). For more, visit www.seemesaveme.com Advocacy, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/four-great-lives-in-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/four-great-lives-in-cycling/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:49:47 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1331 http://thebikeshow.net/four-great-lives-in-cycling/feed/ 3 0:28:38 Studio discussion of four great lives in cycling: Kuklos, the prolific journalist who documented British cycling scene in the first half of the twentieth century; Brian Robinson (pictured, above), the first Brit to win stages in the Tour de France;[...] Studio discussion of four great lives in cycling: Kuklos, the prolific journalist who documented British cycling scene in the first half of the twentieth century; Brian Robinson (pictured, above), the first Brit to win stages in the Tour de France; intrepid cycle tourist Anne Mustoe; and Laurent Fignon, perhaps the last truly great French professional bike racer. Expert guests are Graeme Fife, author of a newly published biography of Brian Robinson, and Tim Dawson, columnist on the Sunday Times and editor of the Cycling Books website. Plus a chance to win a set of Gavin Turk Les Bikes de Bois Rond postcards. Answers by email to bikeshow@resonancefm.com. Further reading: Of Wrigging - Kuklos. A 1927 essay taking on John Ruskin’s opposition to cycling. Brian Robison: A Pioneer – Graeme Fife (Mousehold Press, 2010) A Bike Ride – Anne Mustoe (Virgin Books, 1991) We Were Young and Carefree – Autobiography of Laurent Fignon (Yellow Jersey Press, 2010) France, History, Italy, Literature, People, Podcast, Sport, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/in-praise-of-le-prof/ http://thebikeshow.net/in-praise-of-le-prof/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:17:59 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1276 http://thebikeshow.net/in-praise-of-le-prof/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-bicycle-thieves/ http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-bicycle-thieves/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:32:32 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/looking-back-at-le-tour-and-ahead-to-bicycle-thieves/ http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-bicycle-thieves/feed/ 2 0:33:33 Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly shares his best moments of this year’s sensational Tour De France. Plus we look ahead to Bicycle Thieves, which combines theatre and BMXing on the streets of London, as part of the InTransit festival. Book tick[...] Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly shares his best moments of this year’s sensational Tour De France. Plus we look ahead to Bicycle Thieves, which combines theatre and BMXing on the streets of London, as part of the InTransit festival. Book tickets for just £4 here or by calling 0845 230 9769. Events, Film, London, People, Podcast Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/ http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:26:39 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1222 http://thebikeshow.net/talking-le-tour-with-paul-fournel/feed/ 6 1:02:35 An extended, hour long edition of the show featuring French writer, poet, cyclist and cultural ambassador Paul Fournel (pictured). We stroll from the French House in Soho to the Rapha Cycle Club in Clerkenwell, to visit an exhibition of a hundred ye[...] An extended, hour long edition of the show featuring French writer, poet, cyclist and cultural ambassador Paul Fournel (pictured). We stroll from the French House in Soho to the Rapha Cycle Club in Clerkenwell, to visit an exhibition of a hundred years of racing bicycles. The exhibition runs for two more weeks and is well worth a visit. Paul Fournel’s book Besoin de Vélo is one of the loveliest pieces of writing about cycling and is available in English translation as Need for the Bike. If you buy it after clicking through on the link, Resonance FM gets a few pennies. Rob Ainsley of the Real Cycling blog reports on the launch of London’s two new cycle superhighways. Advocacy, France, Gear, History, Literature, London, People, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/un-tour-de-france-de-londres-with-stephen-bayley/ http://thebikeshow.net/un-tour-de-france-de-londres-with-stephen-bayley/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:34:43 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1190 http://thebikeshow.net/un-tour-de-france-de-londres-with-stephen-bayley/feed/ 0 0:33:19 As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, Stephen Bayley leads a ride around the best of French architecture, art and design to be found on the streets of London. Stephen Bayley is the Observer’s architecture and design cri[...] As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, Stephen Bayley leads a ride around the best of French architecture, art and design to be found on the streets of London. Stephen Bayley is the Observer’s architecture and design critic, the founding director of the Design Museum and in 1989 was a made a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France’s top artistic honour. If you’re interested in my drinking guide for this year’s Tour De France, it’s here. Photo credit: Rebecca Stephens Architecture, History, London, Podcast, Rides Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-two/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:43:30 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-des-vins-de-france-part-two/ http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-two/feed/ 5 http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-one/ http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-one/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:05:10 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1120 http://thebikeshow.net/tour-des-vins-one/feed/ 7 http://thebikeshow.net/giro-ditalia-at-look-mum-no-hands/ http://thebikeshow.net/giro-ditalia-at-look-mum-no-hands/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 09:19:33 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=1072 http://thebikeshow.net/giro-ditalia-at-look-mum-no-hands/feed/ 1 0:32:03 As the Giro d’Italia enters its third week, we discuss Italy’s great stage race with Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly, in an experimental live broadcast from Look Mum No Hands, London’s newest and best cycle-cafe. Sam Humpheson show[...] As the Giro d’Italia enters its third week, we discuss Italy’s great stage race with Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly, in an experimental live broadcast from Look Mum No Hands, London’s newest and best cycle-cafe. Sam Humpheson shows us around the premises. The show also features a look back at Fausto Coppi, one of the biggest stars of the golden era of cycle racing, with a visit to the exhibition of Coppi-related memorabilia at the Rapha Cycle Club, just down the road and a chat with bicycle collector Kadir Guirey. Simon Rose, who put together Rapha’s new Giro-inspired compilation CD also puts in an appearance. Listeners may notice slightly sub-optimal audio in parts of this broadcast. These should be fixed in future live broadcasts. Italy, London, People, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/the-racing-year-with-lionel-birnie/ http://thebikeshow.net/the-racing-year-with-lionel-birnie/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:05:06 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/the-racing-year-with-lionel-birnie/ http://thebikeshow.net/the-racing-year-with-lionel-birnie/feed/ 5 1:06:29 In an off-season podcast-only extended episode, Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly joins me to talk about the year ahead in professional road racing. We talk about the season-openers in the Gulf, the Monuments and Cobbled Classics and of course the Gr[...] In an off-season podcast-only extended episode, Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly joins me to talk about the year ahead in professional road racing. We talk about the season-openers in the Gulf, the Monuments and Cobbled Classics and of course the Grand Tours, where Britain’s Team Sky is hoping to make a big impact in its debut season. We round off the discussion with a look at the explosion of amateur cyclo-sportives. Many of the big sportives are already sold out but there are plenty of others to choose from. Cycling Weekly maintains a very comprehensive sportive calendar. Photo credit: Team Sky Italy, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/ http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:30:31 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/ http://thebikeshow.net/reading-and-riding-christmas-books-special/feed/ 16 0:32:46 Tim Dawson, cycling columnist for the Sunday Times, runs the Cycling Books website, the most compendious review website for cycling books. He joins me in the studio to discuss the literature of cycling, from Tour de France to cycle touring. Paul Fou[...] Tim Dawson, cycling columnist for the Sunday Times, runs the Cycling Books website, the most compendious review website for cycling books. He joins me in the studio to discuss the literature of cycling, from Tour de France to cycle touring. Paul Fournel reads another extract from Need for the Bike. Below is a list of the books discussed in the show. If you would like to buy them, follow the links to Amazon and Resonance FM will get a share of anything you buy, even if it’s stuff not on the list. What a nice way to help your favourite bicycling art radio station! The Classics The Rider by Tim Krabbé The Escape Artist by Matt Seaton Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel Tour de France Bad to the Bone by James Waddington Sweat of the Gods by Benjo Masso Wide-eyed and Legless: Inside the Tour De France by Jeff Connor Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France by Geoffrey Wheatcroft My Comeback: Up Close and Personal by Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Kreutz Cycle touring & travel Thunder and Sunshine by Alistair Humphreys The Hungry Cyclist by Tom Kevilll-Davies French Revolutions by Tim Moore Full Tilt: Ireland To India With a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy Transylvania and Beyond by Dervla Murphy Blue River, Black Sea by Andrew Eames A Bike Ride by Anne Mustoe Advocacy, philosophy Richard’s Bicycle Book by Richard Ballantine Those we didn’t get time to talk about Tomorrow We Ride by Jean Bobet The Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham The Noiseless Tenor by James Starrs Golden Age of Handbuilt Bikes and Competition Bikes by Jan Heine Rouleur Annual 2009 Fixed: Global Fixed-Gear Bike Culture by Andrew Edwards and Max Leonard Amazon.co.uk Widgets To win copies of the current issues of Rouleur and The Ride Journal, send answers to the competition questions to bikeshow-at-resonancefm-dot-com. Thanks to these fine publications for donating the prizes. And if that leaves you wanting more chat about cycling books, the 2007 Christmas books show is still online to listen again as is the show featuring Andrew and Philip Diprose of The Ride Journal. Matt Seaton wrote an excellent round-up over at The Guardian. France, History, Literature, Podcast, Sport, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/getting-to-le-grand-depart/ http://thebikeshow.net/getting-to-le-grand-depart/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/getting-to-le-grand-depart/ http://thebikeshow.net/getting-to-le-grand-depart/feed/ 4 http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-redux/ http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-redux/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:27:35 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=726 http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-redux/feed/ 2 0:33:00 Joining me in the studio is Graeme Fife, author of the definitive account of Le Tour de France, updated each year. He’s also author of the beautiful Rapha Guide to the Great Road Climbs of the Pyrenees. We discuss this year’s Tour de F[...] Joining me in the studio is Graeme Fife, author of the definitive account of Le Tour de France, updated each year. He’s also author of the beautiful Rapha Guide to the Great Road Climbs of the Pyrenees. We discuss this year’s Tour de France, the most spectacular for some time, featuring the drama over the return from retirement of seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, seeking to try his luck against a new generation of outstanding riders including two plucky Brits: Mark Cavendish and Brad Wiggins. Our discussion is leavened with some insighful comments from a handful of Bike Show listeners. Thanks go to Dave at road.cc, Pete, David of the marvellous Highway Cycling Group, Jason and Adrian. Photo:BERNARD PAPON/AFP/Getty Images Play on links below. Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/ http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:20:07 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=709 http://thebikeshow.net/from-sublime-to-ridiculous/feed/ 6 0:30:23 Copenhagen is widely regarded as the world’s most cycle-friendly city. I ask Copenhagen’s Mayor Klaus Bondam what advice he gives to other city leaders in how to emulate the Danish capital. Multitalented musician, songwriter and cartooni[...] Copenhagen is widely regarded as the world’s most cycle-friendly city. I ask Copenhagen’s Mayor Klaus Bondam what advice he gives to other city leaders in how to emulate the Danish capital. Multitalented musician, songwriter and cartoonist Peter Blegvad reads Alfred Jarry’s proto-absurdist short story “The Crucifixion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race”. Jarry (pictured, above) was fond of cycling around Paris with a giant bell mounted on his bicycle and firing a pistol into the air to clear the road. While this is highly tempting, it may turn out to be counterproductive on today’s city streets. Why not try, instead, a website where you can record bike lane violations: MyBikeLane.com. Plus reflections on a big day in Le Tour De France. Play on links below. Advocacy, France, History, Literature, People, Podcast, Politics, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/theatre-review-pedal-pusher/ http://thebikeshow.net/theatre-review-pedal-pusher/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:07:28 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=696 http://thebikeshow.net/theatre-review-pedal-pusher/feed/ 2 0:25:38 Pedal Pusher is a play that follows three professional cyclists, Jan Ullrich, Marco Pantani and Lance Armstrong, in the most dramatic recent era of professional cycle sport. From the young prodigy Jan Ullrich winning the Tour in 1997, the doping sca[...] Resonance FM's bicycle radio show, in a podcast format. Since 2004, The Bike Show has covered cycling, creativity and society from Kraftwerk to Critical Mass, from Le Tour de France to cycle touring in France, from bicycle poetry to bicycle maintenance. Events, History, Literature, London, Podcast, Politics, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-france-books-list/ http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-france-books-list/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:30:10 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=675 http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-france-books-list/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-farce/ http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-farce/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:18:55 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=663 http://thebikeshow.net/tour-de-farce/feed/ 1 0:30:54 A long, hard look at doping in professional cycling, with journalist Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly and theatre director Roland Smith, whose play Pedal Pusher, opens in London on 7th July. Play on links below. A long, hard look at doping in professional cycling, with journalist Lionel Birnie of Cycling Weekly and theatre director Roland Smith, whose play Pedal Pusher, opens in London on 7th July. Play on links below. Podcast, Science, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/no-bike-week-what-happened/ http://thebikeshow.net/no-bike-week-what-happened/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:00:29 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=617 http://thebikeshow.net/no-bike-week-what-happened/feed/ 1 0:29:40 A report on No Bike Week, in which a handful of courageous cyclists agree to abstain from two wheels for seven days. Find out what happened. And to read how the No Bike Week meme is evolving into something more akin to a direct action protest, chec[...] A report on No Bike Week, in which a handful of courageous cyclists agree to abstain from two wheels for seven days. Find out what happened. And to read how the No Bike Week meme is evolving into something more akin to a direct action protest, check out No Cycle Day over at Crap Walking and Cycling in Waltham Forest and National Bring Your Car to Work Day at City Cycling. Plus win a Cycle Film DVD of reconnaisance on this year’s Etape du Tour. And don’t forget to complete the Listener Survey. Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. Advocacy, London, Podcast Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/ http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:32:33 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=205 http://thebikeshow.net/28-july-2008-looking-back-at-le-tour/feed/ 3 0:29:20 Looking back at this year’s Tour De France, with Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazine and author and broadcaster Graeme Fife. As well as discussing the racing, we go into what it means for a small towns when it plays host to a stage of Le [...] Looking back at this year’s Tour De France, with Guy Andrews, editor of Rouleur magazine and author and broadcaster Graeme Fife. As well as discussing the racing, we go into what it means for a small towns when it plays host to a stage of Le Tour de France. You can listen to an hour-long Tour De France themed edition of Ruby’s Chicky Boil Ups on Radio Nowhere, featuring Jack Thurston and a pile of cycling tunes over here. Play on links below. Other file formats (Ogg Vorbis etc) over here. France, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/ http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:09:22 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=201 http://thebikeshow.net/14-july-2008-vive-le-tour-london-street-design/feed/ 3 0:29:57 Celebrating Bastille Day and the first week of Le Tour De France plus a discussion of civilised streets with Louise Duggan, streets advisor at the UK’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Just six days until this year[...] Celebrating Bastille Day and the first week of Le Tour De France plus a discussion of civilised streets with Louise Duggan, streets advisor at the UK’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Just six days until this year’s Dunwich Dynamo…. Play on links below. Other file formats (e.g. Ogg Vorbis) over here. Advocacy, Architecture, Environment, Events, France, London, Podcast, Rides Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/23-june-2008-london-architecture-by-bike-and-a-rapha-exclusive/ http://thebikeshow.net/23-june-2008-london-architecture-by-bike-and-a-rapha-exclusive/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:48:34 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=194 http://thebikeshow.net/23-june-2008-london-architecture-by-bike-and-a-rapha-exclusive/feed/ 2 0:30:46 Featuring an interview with Stephen Bayley, design editor of The Observer, about his guided cycle ride around the houses and homes of celebrated London artists and architects which kicks of a fantastic programme of bicycle tours as part of the Londo[...] Featuring an interview with Stephen Bayley, design editor of The Observer, about his guided cycle ride around the houses and homes of celebrated London artists and architects which kicks of a fantastic programme of bicycle tours as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Stephanie Laslett of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios explains why architects love bikes. Plus the latest from Simon Mottram of Rapha, the London-based cycle clothing company and a short report about the Summer Solstice night ride to Stonehenge. To win the 2008 Etape du Tour reconnaissance DVD courtesy of CycleFilm, email the correct answer to bikeshow (at) gmail (.)com. Play on link below, other file formats available over here (Ogg Vorbis etc) Architecture, Events, Literature, London, People, Podcast, Rides, Style Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-in-london/ http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-in-london/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:28:23 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=2608 http://thebikeshow.net/le-tour-in-london/feed/ 0 http://thebikeshow.net/2-july-2007-the-lowdown-on-cyclosportives/ http://thebikeshow.net/2-july-2007-the-lowdown-on-cyclosportives/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:27:49 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/07/02/2-july-2007-the-lowdown-on-cyclosportives/ http://thebikeshow.net/2-july-2007-the-lowdown-on-cyclosportives/feed/ 6 0:30:00 In conversation with Julian Bray, a journalist and rider with the Rapha Condor team. Julian came to competitive cycling after falling in love with the continental tradition of the cyclosportive: mass-participation road races of historic or cultural [...] In conversation with Julian Bray, a journalist and rider with the Rapha Condor team. Julian came to competitive cycling after falling in love with the continental tradition of the cyclosportive: mass-participation road races of historic or cultural significance, such as the annual Etape du Tour and the Gran Fondo Campagnolo. We discuss the appeal of cyclosportives, the practical issues of how to rider one and Julian gives his impression of the London-Canterbury ‘British Etape’ cyclosportive and his all-time Top 5 events. Also in the show a chance to win one of three copies of a new DVD about the route of the 2007 Etape and two tickets to a talk at London’s Design Museum by the curator of a new exhibition about fixed wheel bicycles. More cyclosportive resources: Cyclosport (UK) – Set up by sportive rider Mark Harding for UK riders Cyclosport (France) – French site with dates, results and articles The French cycling federation’s Trophee d’Or series index La Gazzetta della Sport’s sportive series, including Milan-San Remo and Lombardy Sport Communication – the classic French ‘Grand Trophee’ series including La Marmotte Velo 101 – Top French cycling site Downloads: MP3 (128 kbs) — MP3 (64kbs) — Ogg Vorbis — Podcast, Sport, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/18-june-2007-style-on-two-wheels/ http://thebikeshow.net/18-june-2007-style-on-two-wheels/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:04:20 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/06/19/18-june-2007-style-on-two-wheels/ http://thebikeshow.net/18-june-2007-style-on-two-wheels/feed/ 3 0:30:00 T’ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it. Andrea Casalotti of Velorution and Jean-Marie Orhan (Frenchman-about-town and founding member of the Tweed Cycling Club) offer sartorial advice to urban cyclists. Tribute is paid to[...] T’ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it. Andrea Casalotti of Velorution and Jean-Marie Orhan (Frenchman-about-town and founding member of the Tweed Cycling Club) offer sartorial advice to urban cyclists. Tribute is paid to the stylish riders of the golden era of professional bicycle racing, including a pilgrimage up Le Mont Ventoux to the spot where stylish British cycling world champion Tom Simpson collapsed and died in the 1967 Tour. Philippe Bordas, former cycling reporter for the L’Equipe newspaper, laments the new era of blood doping that has replaced heroic athlete-artists with boring man-machines. Upcoming events: Pret A Rouler fashion show on Thursday 21 June. Rapha’s Smithfield Nocturne on Saturday 23 June, featuring an elite criterium race, ‘Le Mans start’ folding bicycle race and bike messenger mashup. Plus Continental Drift DJs. Downloads: MP3 (128 kbs) — MP3 (64kbs) — Ogg Vorbis — Podcast, Sport, Style, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:37:58 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/06/11/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/ http://thebikeshow.net/11-june-2007-slow-bicycling-in-italy-on-two-wheels-in-provence/feed/ 6 http://thebikeshow.net/28-may-2007-graeme-fifes-life-in-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/28-may-2007-graeme-fifes-life-in-cycling/#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 22:33:56 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/05/30/28-may-2007-graeme-fifes-life-in-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/28-may-2007-graeme-fifes-life-in-cycling/feed/ 0 0:28:51 This week features a ride in the hills of north Kent hills with writer, broadcaster and cyclist Graeme Fife. Graeme is the author of several of the best English language books about cycling and Le Tour de France. His new book has just been published[...] This week features a ride in the hills of north Kent hills with writer, broadcaster and cyclist Graeme Fife. Graeme is the author of several of the best English language books about cycling and Le Tour de France. His new book has just been published. It’s a very personal memoir entitled The Beautiful Machine: A life in cycling from Tour de France to Cinder Hill. Literature, Podcast, Sport, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/ http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 00:06:51 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/2007/05/15/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/ http://thebikeshow.net/resonance-fm-the-bike-show-14052007-road-peace-floyd-landis/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Returning for the summer season, The Bike Show turns to the trials of US cycling star Floyd Landis, whose sensational victory in the 2006 Tour de France was thrown into doubt after he failed a test for the banned drug testosterone. We also hear an e[...] Returning for the summer season, The Bike Show turns to the trials of US cycling star Floyd Landis, whose sensational victory in the 2006 Tour de France was thrown into doubt after he failed a test for the banned drug testosterone. We also hear an extended talk on road danger in a global context by Dr Ian Roberts, Professor of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine. Dr Roberts was addressing an event organised by Road Peace, the UK national charity for road crash victims. See also Moving Target Zine for excellent coverage of road danger issues London cyclists, plus top tips for all you fakengers out there. The ‘def track’ is by ex-bike messenger MC Abdominal who has given up being a courier in order to rap about being one. Is he serious?? To follow the latest twist and turns of the Floyd Landis doping affair, I recommend Trust But Verify, whose authors, devoted fans of Landis, have digested an ungodly amount about the science and law of anti-doping in cycling, and present their coverage in an honest, straightforward way. Cycling Post maintains a Landis Dossier. The launch of Graeme Fife’s new book, The Beautiful Machine, is at Velorution on Thursday evening, 17 May. Downloads: MP3 (128 kbs) — MP3 (64kbs) — Ogg Vorbis — Podcast, Politics Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/22-january-2007-looking-forward-to-a-great-year-for-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/22-january-2007-looking-forward-to-a-great-year-for-cycling/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:19:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=79 http://thebikeshow.net/22-january-2007-looking-forward-to-a-great-year-for-cycling/feed/ 4 http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/ http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:49:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=59 http://thebikeshow.net/17-july-2006-le-tour-down-le-pub/feed/ 0 0:00:01 This week’s show is a Tour De France special recorded at the Charles Lamb pub in north London. The Charles Lamb is one of the few places in London that is showing Le Tour this year. I am joined by Therese Bjorn, a former European Bicycle Messe[...] This week’s show is a Tour De France special recorded at the Charles Lamb pub in north London. The Charles Lamb is one of the few places in London that is showing Le Tour this year. I am joined by Therese Bjorn, a former European Bicycle Messenger Champion and Matt Seaton, cycling correspondent at The Guardian newspaper. We watch the big Pyrenean stage of this year’s Tour, which features the legendary Col Du Tourmalet. Insightful commentary is interspersed with food, drinks and cheery French chanson on the 45s. MP3 Download Ogg Vorbis Download Food, France, London, Podcast, Sport Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/ http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:28:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=83 http://thebikeshow.net/13-february-2006-tour-de-france-in-london-in-2007/feed/ 1 0:00:01 The Bike Show returns after a winter break to the news that the Grand Depart of the 2007 Tour De France will be in London!! Featuring the formal presentation by ASO’s Jean-Marie Leblanc and a press conference by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. [...] The Bike Show returns after a winter break to the news that the Grand Depart of the 2007 Tour De France will be in London!! Featuring the formal presentation by ASO’s Jean-Marie Leblanc and a press conference by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. Also in the show is Kieron Yates’s impressionistic and thoughtful account of a winter brevet ride over the hills of the Chilterns in southern England. MP3 England, France, London, Podcast, Sport, Touring Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:22:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=29 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-21-march-2005-show-pour-un-maillot-jaune/feed/ 1 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/ http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:27:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=8 http://thebikeshow.net/archive-18-july-2005-le-tour-de-france/feed/ 1 http://thebikeshow.net/kraftwerk-and-cycling/ http://thebikeshow.net/kraftwerk-and-cycling/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:09:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=11 http://thebikeshow.net/kraftwerk-and-cycling/feed/ 6 0:29:59 Discussing German electro-pop pioneers Kraftwerk and their love of the bicycle. With Kraftwerk aficionados Maisie Hitchcock and Chris Bloor. MP3 format and Real Audio. Read Jack Thurston’s feature on Kraftwerk and cycling first published in R[...] Discussing German electro-pop pioneers Kraftwerk and their love of the bicycle. With Kraftwerk aficionados Maisie Hitchcock and Chris Bloor. MP3 format and Real Audio. Read Jack Thurston’s feature on Kraftwerk and cycling first published in Rouleur magazine. History, Podcast Resonance FM no no http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/ http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:30:00 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=19 http://thebikeshow.net/25-july-show-johnny-green/feed/ 1 http://thebikeshow.net/a-very-american-tour-of-duty/ http://thebikeshow.net/a-very-american-tour-of-duty/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:18:24 +0000 Jack Thurston http://thebikeshow.net/?p=2605 http://thebikeshow.net/a-very-american-tour-of-duty/feed/ 0